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MTX75 Gearbox Support bracket problem

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MTX75 Gearbox Support bracket problem

Postby stevewes » Wed May 18, 2022 2:33 pm

Hi Guys, I hope someone will be able to advise on a problem I have. I recently bought a 2007 Transit Connect 1.8 TDCI with a gearbox problem. As I understood the gearbox to be the same as the Focus (albeit with slightly different ratios), I obtained a good used unit out of a 2005 Focus 1.8 TDCI. I got the transmission bolted up to the engine and then noticed that the mounting bracket off the Focus was about an inch shorter than the Connect bracket, meaning the whole engine/transmission assembly would sit about an inch too high at the transmission end. I therefore tried to fit the bracket from the connect gearbox but found that although everything is now sitting right, one of the holes on the bracket doesn't line up with the hole on the gearbox.



The bracket off the Focus gearbox is part no. 3M51-7M125, and the bracket off the Connect gearbox is part no. 98AB-7M125-AF.



Does anyone know if there is a bracket designed for the Connect which aligns with the mounting hole pattern in the Focus gearbox?

Attached images show the differences.

First pic shows gearbox installed with Connect bracket supporting it:
IMG-5155c.jpg


Second picture shows different hole spacing:
IMG-5156c.jpg


Third shows different bracket heights (Focus in foreground, Connect behind):
IMG-5158c.jpg


Final two pictures are of part numbers:
IMG-5159c.jpg

IMG-5160c.jpg


The replacement gearbox was already out of the car when I bought it, so with 2005 being the changeover year from Mk1 to Mk2 Focus I'm not sure what it came out of, but as it doesn't have a speedo drive I suspect it was out of a Mk2.
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Re: MTX75 Gearbox Support bracket problem

Postby Altransit » Wed May 18, 2022 7:11 pm

Hopefully someone will give you a definitive answer, but I think it may be that you need the bracket off a Mk1 (or 1.5) Focus :?
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Re: MTX75 Gearbox Support bracket problem

Postby stevewes » Wed May 18, 2022 7:16 pm

Thanks, hopefully as you say someone will be able to confirm what I need.

Having continued reassembly I've now discovered a similar issue with the lower mounting bracket - two holes line up but the third is in a completely different place, and the rubber bush on the Focus arrangement is on the mount itself whereas on the Connect the bush is in the link arm so I can't use the Focus bracket.
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Re: MTX75 Gearbox Support bracket problem

Postby jimneal760 » Fri Aug 05, 2022 10:22 pm

Did you get this sorted mate? In the exact same situation
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